Sam Snead

Sam Snead personal notes
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An all-around athlete, he played center on his Valley High School basketball team, was a pitcher and outfielder on the baseball team and a halfback during football season. He was a self-taught golfer, learning the game by playing with “clubs” he fashioned from tree limbs.

Got his start in the game as a caddie at The Homestead at age 7…His wife, Audrey, died in 1990…His nephew, J.C. Snead, is a long-time PGA TOUR and Champions Tour player…Was named the fourth recipient of the PGA TOUR's Lifetime...